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James M. Vernon James M. Vernon i(A147461 works by) (a.k.a. James Michael Vernon)
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1 form y separately published work icon Acolytes Jon Hewitt , Shayne Armstrong , S. P. Krause , James M. Vernon , ( dir. Jon Hewitt ) Australia : Stewart and Wall Entertainment , 2008 Z1789531 2008 single work film/TV horror thriller

'Two young friends who were sexually abused as children are given the chance to avenge the crime when they witness something sinister in the woods. After spying a man burying a dead body they decide to blackmail him into killing the man responsible for their childhood pain. Unfortunately they underestimate the killer and his potential prey and the boys are in way over their heads.'

(Source Cinephilia website)

1 form y separately published work icon On the Dead Side James M. Vernon , ( dir. James M. Vernon ) Arts & Energy , 1995 6329673 1995 single work film/TV crime adventure

'Dash Bearfire is embroiled in the hunt for three Japanese swords when his friend Fisher Post dies in unusual circumstances. Bearfire is joined in his quest by a beautiful mute girl and her mischievous dog.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 13/8/2013)

1 2 form y separately published work icon Encounter at Raven's Gate Incident at Raven's Gate Rolf De Heer , Marc Rosenberg , James M. Vernon , ( dir. Rolf De Heer ) Australia : Film and General Holdings Hemdale Film Corporation International Film Management , 1988 Z1867355 1988 single work film/TV horror science fiction

When ex-con Eddie takes a job working on his older brother's isolated farm, all seems well--but not for long. Dead birds fall from the sky, pets attack their owners, and seemingly stable people go suddenly insane. What is happening at Raven's Gate?

According to science-fiction review site io9,

'Despite the relative thinness of its premise, Encounter At Raven's Gate is not all that bad a movie. The performances are solid, the characters more richly textured than you might expect and the cinematography has the lonely, big sky feel of art house Australian films like Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave and John Hillcoat's The Proposition. [...] If this seems like an awfully long way to go for an alien invasion/demon possession movie...it is. Like M. Night Shyamalan's similarly structured (and one might even go so far as to say totally rip-off) film Signs, Encounter At Raven's Gate is at its best when it's not pursuing the alien invasion story. The tension between the characters is so organic that when the inevitable magnetic anomalies, smoke machines and disco lights kick in, they rob the film of its distinctive flavor.'

Source: io9 (http://io9.com/5854464/the-australian-alien-invasion-flick-encounter-at-ravens-gate-is-like-signs-but-with-football-hooligans). (Sighted: 15/6/2012)

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